CVE-2016-6240

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p47

Published

Mar 7, 2017 (Mar 7, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Integer truncation error in the amap_alloc function in OpenBSD 5.8 and 5.9 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a large size value.

Vendors: openbsd
Products: openbsd
Weakness: CWE-189
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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